Religious Persecution Gallery

Red Army men confiscating church treasures of the Simonov monastery, Moscow, USSR, 1925

Red Army men confiscating church treasures of the Simonov monastery, Moscow, USSR, 1925. The monastery was founded in 1370. The Bolsheviks closed it in 1923 and it was later demolished to make way for a car factory. Found in the collection of the State Museum of the Political History of Russia, St Petersburg

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Anti-Semitic sticker "North Sea seaside resort Norderney is free of Jews"

Anti-Semitic sticker "North Sea seaside resort Norderney is free of Jews". 1930s. Private Collection

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The Martyrdom of Saint John the Evangelist, c. 1634/1635. Creator: Jacques Callot

The Martyrdom of Saint John the Evangelist, c. 1634/1635

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